Sewing-awl.



UNTED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SHERMAN ANSLEY, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAMHANKENS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

SEWING-AWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

] all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN ANsLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fortland, in the county of lviultnomah and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Sewing-Awls and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to [O which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

[ This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sewing-awls;and the object in view is to provide a simple and efficient device ofthis character in which a hollow handle is provided into which extendsthe shank portion of a chuck adapted to hold a needle and the provisionof a reel journaled upon the shank portion of the chuck and about whicha thread is wound, having an end thereof passing through the eye of the:5 needle and designed to feed out the thread, as may be necessary inusing the needle for sewing purposes.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andcombination and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which 5Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through my improvedsewing-awl. Fig. 2 is an enlarged delayed sectional view longitudinallyand centrally through the chuck.

Reference now being had to the details of o the drawings by letter, Adesignates a hollow handle having a threaded cap B fitted over ashoulder portion of said handle, and one end of said handle isapertured, as at O, to receive the chuck D, having a shank portion D 5which extends Within said handle, preferably its entire length. The headof said chuck is provided with resilient jaws which are adapted to becontracted by the interiorly-thread 1 shoulder D ed ring E,whioh fitsabout the threaded circumference of the head of said chuck. The shankportion of said chuck has a concaved adapted to engage a convexed wallof the aperture O, and an enlarged portion of the shank portion of thechuck engages a cylindrical-outlined portion of said aperture, asclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Said chuck is held to thehandle in any suitable manner, and the shank portion thereof serves asaspindle upon which is mounted the reel F. The circumference of thehandle has an apertureK formed therein, the walls of which are tapered,as shown, and through which a thread N is adapted to be fed, which.thread is wound about the spool or reel before the latter is placed uponthe 6 spindle within the handle.

O designates a needle having an eye O within, and which needle is heldsecurely by the chuck.

From the foregoing it Will be observed by the provision of a sewing-awlmade in accordance with my invention a complete and efficient means isafforded for an operator to utilize the awl and have a supply of threadmounted upon a reel and which may be fed out with a needle as required.

What I claim to be new is- A sewing-awl comprising a shell, having achuck with a concaved shoulder adapted to engage the convexed portion ofan aperture 0 in the end of said shell,the shank portion of said chuckhaving an enlarged portion engaging the wall of the aperture in one endthereof and provided with a shoulder, a contracted portion of said shankextending lon- 5 gitudinally and centrally through the shell andprojecting beyond the capped end thereof and designed to form a bearingfor a reel, as set forth.

In' testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 9 signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

SHERMAN ANSLEY.

Witnesses:

A. SMITH, JESSIE M. ST1LsoN.

